Fighting Fear (2011)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
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ULTRA PRE-THEATRICAL RELEASE! NARRATED BY JOEL EDGERTON ("WARRIOR")! Mark Mathews is a surfer with dreams of being the best. Richie Vaculik dreams of becoming a MMA Cage-Fighting Champion. When adrenaline-seeking antics and partying turn sour, it sets off a dramatic series of events that threaten to derail both of their dreams. But for these two friends, giving up is not an option, and their unwavering friendship gives them the courage to battle their demons and conquer their fears.
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A documentary that reaffirms the hard-drinking, hard-partying, hard-fighting values of good old fashioned mateship, as Bra Boys director Macario De Souza follows the friendship of two friends - one a Big Wave Surfer and the other a cage-fighter.
If you can wait until Fighting Fear hits DVD or TV -- it would have fared better as a one-hour TV special -- you won't be missing much.
Putting to one side its rough edges, Fighting Fear is another compelling story of contemporary Sydney culture.
With two compelling figures at its core, this engagingly honest and unapologetically positive doco makes for exciting and ultimately moving viewing.
The film has no real intimacy -- which makes us all outsiders -- and no apparent goal beyond cheering these guys on.
Macario De Souza (co-director of Bra Boys) and his editing team manages to balance the film's disparate elements of Joel Edgerton's restrained narration, fresh interviews, archival footage and re-enactments in a satisfying and exciting mix
Audience Reviews for Fighting Fear
This movie on the other hand portrays the two central characters as victims as well as perpetrators of violence, as immature 20 somethings who have now matured and realised the errors of their ways, as noble hard working types pursuing their aspirations to excellence in cage fighting and surfing as competitive sports. As a result it has a somewhat more weakened appeal and at the end turns out to be a relatively mundane sluggish doco targeted to MMA and surfing enthusiasts.
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